Willer Ditta
 Ditta in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Willer Emilio Ditta Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1998[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Ibirico, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cruz Azul | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Barranquilla | 43 | (1) |
| 2018–2023 | Atlético Junior | 86 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Newell's Old Boys (loan) | 36 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Newell's Old Boys | 17 | (0) |
| 2023– | Cruz Azul | 121 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Colombia U23 | 6 | (0) |
| 2023– | Colombia | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:12, 29 August 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:12, 7 June 2026 (UTC) | |||
Willer Emilio Ditta Pérez (born 23 January 1998) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX club Cruz Azul and the Colombia national team.
Ditta began his career with Barranquilla before joining Junior in 2018, where he won two Categoría Primera A titles and two Superliga Colombiana trophies. In 2022, he moved to Argentine side Newell's Old Boys on loan, making the transfer permanent the following year. Later in 2023, he joined Mexican club Cruz Azul, where he won the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup and the Torneo Clausura the following year.
Ditta represented Colombia at under-23 level in the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament and made his senior debut in 2023.
Career
Ditta began his football career at Barranquilla, where he emerged as a promising talent from the youth academy. He made his professional debut in 2018 before transferring to Atlético Junior, where he achieved significant success by winning two Primera A titles.
In January 2022, Ditta joined Newell's Old Boys on loan. Later that year, in November, Newell's exercised their purchase option to acquire him permanently, and he subsequently signed a three-year contract with the club.
On 6 July 2023, he joined Cruz Azul. In June 2025, he helped the club secure their seventh CONCACAF Champions Cup title with a dominant victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 24 May 2026[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barranquilla | 2017 | Categoría Primera B | 28 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 15 | 1 | 4[a] | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 52 | 1 | ||||
| Atlético Junior | 2018 | Categoría Primera A | 9 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 35 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 11 | 0 | 3[a][d] | 0 | 2[b][c] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 31 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 10[b][c] | 1 | — | 42 | 2 | |||
| Total | 86 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 1 | — | 115 | 2 | |||
| Newell's Old Boys (loan) | 2022 | Primera División | 36 | 3 | 3[e] | 0 | — | — | 39 | 3 | ||
| Newell's Old Boys | 2023 | 17 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| Total | 53 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 61 | 3 | |||
| Cruz Azul | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 33 | 2 | — | — | 2[f] | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | 40 | 0 | — | 8[g] | 0 | 4[f] | 1 | 52 | 1 | |||
| 2025–26 | 43 | 0 | — | 5[g] | 0 | 4[h] | 1 | 52 | 1 | |||
| Total | 116 | 2 | — | 13 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 139 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 298 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 367 | 10 | ||
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in the Copa Colombia
- 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
- 1 2 3 Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
- ↑ Appearances in the Superliga Colombiana
- 1 2 Appearances in the Copa Argentina.
- 1 2 Appearances in Leagues Cup
- 1 2 Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
- ↑ Three appearances and one goal in Leagues Cup, one appearance in FIFA Intercontinental Cup
International
- As of match played 7 June 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | |
Honours
Atlético Junior
Cruz Azul
Individual
References
- ↑ "FIFA World Cup 2026: Squad List" (PDF). FIFA. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ Willer Ditta at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ↑ https://www.foxsports.com.mx/2025/12/24/liga-mx-anuncia-el-xi-ideal-del-apertura-2025-nadie-del-america-y-tigres-domina/
- ↑ https://x.com/LigaBBVAMX/status/2063068835859648702
- ↑ https://x.com/LigaBBVAMX/status/2030060143736443053
- ↑ "2025 LIGA MX All-Star Team Roster". Major League Soccer. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ↑ "Liga MX confirma a sus mejores jugadores para el All-Star Game 2026; revisa la lista de CONVOCADOS".
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Colombian sportsmen
- Footballers from Cesar Department
- Colombian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Barranquilla F.C. footballers
- Atlético Junior footballers
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Cruz Azul footballers
- Categoría Primera B players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Liga MX players
- Colombia men's youth international footballers
- Colombia men's international footballers
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning players
- 2026 FIFA World Cup players
- Colombian football defender stubs